Feels very odd but already done with my racing for the week
Off on a golf trip tomorrow afternoon and not back till a week on Sunday, so the 'next' week will also be a rush to get my 3 series in (GT4 open and fixed + Caterham 420R).
Todays races went ok though, bit disappointing in the open GT4 but I'll chalk it down as a learning experience
Fixed GT4 first - Very little experience of the Indianapolis Road course, did barely any practice but enough to get the general layout then jumped into a race. Went solidly really, bit of a no-mans land race where the group ahead were comfortably quicker but the group behind were slower. Clean race though except for one incident, maybe affected by a quicker guy who had spun earlier gaining on me I lost it in Turn 3/4, silly error pushing too hard. Lost just the one spot, just got the 2x and continued on, after a lap settling down I was still ~1s a lap quicker than the guy behind so no fuss really. 2x and a solid result so gained both SR and IR.
Caterham at Donington I thought I'd do better really given I'd done the full GP loop during W13 but didn't really have the pace I wanted, maybe setup as I did tinker with it at Oulton last week, but still a solid enough race, ranked 21st and came 15th in top split. 4x of which 2x was someone driving into me at the chicane before spinning, the other 2x were just minor off tracks. Tiny SR loss, small IR gain.
GT4 open setup at a wet Indy, didn't expect that and all I did was put wet tyres on, no change to setup from what I ran at Silverstone (a tweaked fixed). Started out ok but here is where the learning experience starts. I think I just cooked the front tyres, 10-15 mins in they just died, like dead dead, absolutely no grip whatsoever. I think it's 90% me overdriving and especially ABS but also maybe setup, AI reckons bumping front tyre pressures and maybe reducing camber can help the tyres live, but mostly on me. Only 3x all from understeering off in the braking zones, Gained SR and lost IR.
So yeah, definitely need to work on that wet driving, especially now the weather is so much more variable (which is still amazing and the best thing they've done in ages), feels like I've got pace when I overdrive, and I'm safe enough/in control, just obviously the tyres is a problem, and that's just a 30 min race
So yeah, away now for a week and a half and then jump into racing with no practice again, GT4's at Brands GP and Caterham at Zandvoort, at least I know the tracks, it'll be fine
stop then restart. Slightly dry out then 2 laps later track a pool again. i like the rain as a blast. But I must remember not to keep putting a wheel on kerbs or grass.
its pistols at dawn even in the rain